“The idea of being able to camp and share an experience, and a living environment – you end up creating these friendships that are very intense,” said Dan DeWayne, co-founder of the 16-year-old CaliforniaWorldFest in Grass Valley. “You spend more time (with festival friends) than with your best friend.”

A festival friendship “is very leveling,” DeWayne added. “No one cares what you do with your outside life – what car you drive or what you do for a living.”

“Stepping foot into Old Sacramento is like traveling back in time to California’s Gold Rush era. On any given visit, one can see the dirt being kicked up from the hooves of a horse drawing a carriage down the cobblestone streets. Wide and creaky wooden walkways lead up to restored buildings that used to house hotels, saloons and bathhouses. Now these structures are home to a myriad of shops, restaurants and bars entertaining the more than five million visitors to this State Historical Park.”

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This video is from the 2010 Gold Rush Days. A nice joke to start it off and then footage from the event.

Over? Wha’ happened? Can’t be July just can’t. Plus the California State Fair starts mid-July this year. Was always starting 2 weeks be4 Labor Day and ending when we returned to school from summer break. Which was always early September. Now kids don’t even get summer break. Suxes.